Note and Notehead-attached smart shapes including slurs, dashed curves, glissandi, bend hats, tab slides and others are treated identically. When a note or notehead-attached smart shape is added to either the score or part, it appears in both. When it is deleted from either the score or part, it is removed from both. The direction (above/below staff) is automatic (for slurs and dashed curves depending on the pitches on the staff), and may differ in the score than the part without user intervention.

The following properties of note and notehead-attached smart shapes are permanently shared between the score and parts:

• Avoid Accidental status (slurs and dashed curves)
• Start and end note assignments (although changing the note assignment in a part does break the positioning link

The following table lists properties of note and notehead-attached smart shapes that are broken if changed in a part:

Any time the contour of a slur is manually repositioned, its Engraver Slur qualities are disabled (see Engraver slurs), and repositioning a slur in a linked part is no exception. Therefore, when the contour of a slur is manually repositioned in a part, the link is broken as well as the slurs’ ability to automatically adjust to avoid notes, articulations, and so forth. Subsequent editing of notes in the score may cause collisions with slurs that have been edited in parts.

If a slur is flipped in a part, the arc and endpoint positioning links are also broken. Edits to the endpoint positioning and arc in the score will no longer apply to the flipped slur in the part.

Note. If you choose to Remove Manual Slur Adjustments in a part (e.g. select a slur handle and press BACKSPACE), the positioning is restored and the Engraver Slur status is reactivated, but not the link to the score. To relink the slur to the score, right-click the slur in the part and choose Relink to Score (or choose Relink In All Parts for the slur in the score).

You can use the F key to flip a slur to the other side of the staff. If you do so in the score, the slur also flips in all parts containing that slur (if it hasn’t been broken). Flipping the tuplet in a part breaks the link and does not apply to the score or other parts.

You can reverse the linking behavior while flipping slurs using the CTRL key. For example, select a slur in a part, hold down the CTRL key and press F to flip the slur in both the score and part, retaining the link. Select a slur in the score, hold down the CTRL key and press F to flip the slur in the score only, breaking the link to the part/all parts that contain that staff.

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